ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

2 February 2010:

We are held responsible for our actions, whether intentional or not.

that is not a strategy

that's true

I do like these in theory, but in practice lots of them seem to mistake vapidity for obliqueness.

keeping it in mind could be a strategy though

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"Be excellent to each other!"

And one for the olds: "Drinka Pinta Milka Day"

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today's is a Frippicism -- they're always scolding admonitions, not oracular like OS.

3 February 2010:

Put in earplugs

4 February 2010:

What context would look right?

5 February 2010:

From nothing to more than nothing

6 February 2010:

Intentions
- credibility of
- nobility of
- humility of

7 February 2010:

Bridges
- Build
- Burn

Is anyone still alive after following these every day?

It's more of a general guide than a direction, I guess.

8 February 2010:

To try is to fail.

jeez

;_;

Tell that to the All Blacks.

9 February 2010:

What wouldn't you do?

10 February 2010:

Interrogate the error.

11 February 2010:

A very small object
- its centre

;_;

^is this means crying?

yes

aw ledge doesn't like to do things he aint good at on the first try then, eh?
i pretty much fail at everything i try the first time, but then i get better init

12 February 2010:

Trust the process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Process_Church_of_The_Final_Judgment

http://i45.tinypic.com/2djsz1s.jpg

Trust...the...process....ahahahahahaha

aw ledge doesn't like to do things he aint good at on the first try then, eh?
i pretty much fail at everything i try the first time, but then i get better init

"if at first you don't succeed, try again" = fairly empowering. "perfection is unattainable so try your best", yeah am down with that. "to try is to fail" = "you ain't never gonna amount to nuthin', might as well give up before you start".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Process_Church_of_The_Final_Judgment

Following DeGrimston's removal the group underwent a significant change in orientation and renamed itself the Foundation Faith of the Millennium. Further changes in both name and focus followed, and the organization eventually became the Best Friends Animal Society, which is now one of America's best known animal welfare rescue groups.

Sc1ent0l0gy splitters end up with a series on National Geographic o_O

I'm pretty sure Fripp means that there will be failures along the way for anyone who sets their hand to a task (in this case learning to play guitar), and one never rises above occasional failure no matter what level of mastery one achieves, but that the failures are no reason not to try. It's a good gauge, a little more subtle than "is the glass half empty or half full?"

half full of what?

13 February 2010:

Always first steps

14 February 2010:

Cynicism is death to the artist.

15 February 2010:

Space has its own rules and determining conditions.

15 Febrary 2010

Make sure your name is before Eno's in the credits.

Hollow. (xxxxpost)

16 February 2010:

Fill every beat with something

jelly imo

17 February 2010:

There are three kinds of repercussions: the necessary, the unnecessary and the inevitable.

18 February 2010:

Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics

19 February 2010:

Reverse

20 February 2010:

Do nothing for as long as possible

I think the denizens of ILX have already mastered that one.

21 February 2010:

Use your own ideas

22 February 2010:

Disconnect from desire

23 February 2010:

Things are not as bad as they seem.
They are worse than that.
They are also better than that.

fripp?

fropp.